Train The Cats Not To Eat The Prey!
Posted under Cats, PETS & PRODUCTS on May 13, 2009
Does you cat seem to be hunting all the time, pouncing on the toys as they were going in for the kill, raking their claws over your feet as if they are a piece of meat ?
Hunting is a natural behavior for the cats. Will they eat the prey?
How to train the cats to hunt with out eating the prey?
Kittens when they are born have the natural instincts to hunt. However, the cats do not to eat their prey. Eating the prey is a taught behavior not one that is natural to the cats. Allowing the cats to eat its prey is not a good idea as a cat can contract diseases from other animals. This in turn can cause death to the cats or large vet bills to have the cat become healthily again.
Kittens are born they learn by playing to adjust the speed, coordination and learn the distant for the prey. Mothers of kittens if allowed to will kill the prey and bring it home for the kittens to eat, with eventually bring home partial killed pray for the kitten to learn how to finish the prey and eat it. This is a important factor when looking for a kitten to raise.
If you were not going to have the kitten eat its prey then you would not want to get a kitten that has learned this behavior. If the kitten will come to a home will the intentions are to help hunt and kill prey then you will want to look over the mother as well as the kitten to find out just what type of behavior the mother has taught the kitten .
Families that have farms are usually the ones that are looking for the cats and kittens that are good hunters. This help keeps the population of mice down in the barn, feed rooms, and areas that attract many mice. The Cats and kittens that are good hunters that are allowed to eat their prey also need attention for balance meals.
You have to feed the cats’ good healthy food with the vitamins that they will be missing from the prey. Also depending on the time of year, you will want to offer some good healthy food, as the prey population depletes some.
If you have adopted a pet cat and you see that it is eating the prey, you will be able to train the cats to not to eat the prey.
First, if you see the cats eating the prey take it from the cats and offer them food right away some type of meat for the cats that will give the cats healthy balance diet that they need.
Second, tell the cats that you do not approve of the meal they have chosen to eat. You will not want to punish the cat for this, but to let them know you do not approve of this. Make sure that you are leaving enough food for the cats to eat so that they know they have something eat most the time
Do not allow the cats to eat off the table, or scraps that are left over from meals. This not a healthy food diet for the cats or kittens to eat. The cats or kittens need good vitamins and protein, to build healthy bones, mussels and brains cells. This can also lead the cats to hunt and eat the prey. If allowed then the training for the cats not to eat, the prey will be hard to do.
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